Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in early pregnancy and changes during the pregnancy
Agampodi S, Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Warnasekara J, Hettiarachchi A, Jayasinghe I, Koralegedara I, Abeyrathna P, Srimantha S, de Silva F, Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N. Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in early pregnancy and changes during the pregnancy. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0000443. PMID: 36962935, PMCID: PMC10021427, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlomerular filtration rateWeeks of gestationRenal functionPregnant womenNonpregnant womenSerum creatinineSecond trimesterEarly pregnancyFiltration rateClinical practiceCommunity-based prospective cohort studyProspective population-based studyPre-existing medical conditionsProspective cohort studyHealthy pregnant womenCommunity-based cohortPopulation-based studyDifferent age strataMean eGFRCohort studyNewborn outcomesNonpregnant groupPregnancy cohortFirst trimesterMean SCr